Amidst the many new features debuting in Destiny 2, the most exciting for solo players was no doubt the Guided Games system, which serves as Bungie’s answer to demand for matchmaking in the series’ raids and other high-level content. During the feature’s initial announcement, Bungie focused on support for on solo players queuing up to match with existing teams of five, but there may be hope Guided Games will allow pairs of players to seek out a fireteam, too.

The game’s project lead, Mark Noseworthy, shared on Twitter there was a specific purpose behind the Guided Games concept. “Our target: you can search with a friend to play the Raid via Guided Games,” he said. “Still testing though so it could change; but that’s the goal.”

Our target: you can search with a friend to play the Raid via Guided Games. Still testing though so it could change; but that’s the goal. https://t.co/F2l5E1Uqhe

Essentially, this means two friends looking to join a fireteam together could tag into an existing team of four, instead of having to play separately or find two to three more people to start their own clan. The idea of Guided Games is an excellent one, not only because throwing random strangers together for the more challenging missions can be a recipe for disaster, but also because many solo players have been unable to ever play a raid. Since the goal seems to be to bring more players to the Destiny fold, adding a way for pairs of friends to join in seems like a step in the right direction.

Destiny 2 launches September 8th, 2017 for PlayStaion 4 and Xbox One, as well as for PC at a later date.

About Evan Slead

Evan has been loving games since he could hold a controller. When not replaying Megaman X or Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the 100th time, he also has been writing about entertainment, from horror movie reviews for Bloody Good Horror to TV recaps and general news for Entertainment Weekly, and now all things gaming. Say hello on Twitter at @EvanSlead.

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Destiny 2’s Guided Games may support more than solo players

Destiny 2's solution to matchmaking could be more inclusive than we thought.

Amidst the many new features debuting in Destiny 2, the most exciting for solo players was no doubt the Guided Games system, which serves as Bungie’s answer to demand for matchmaking in the series’ raids and other high-level content. During the feature’s initial announcement, Bungie focused on support for on solo players queuing up to match with existing teams of five, but there may be hope Guided Games will allow pairs of players to seek out a fireteam, too.

The game’s project lead, Mark Noseworthy, shared on Twitter there was a specific purpose behind the Guided Games concept. “Our target: you can search with a friend to play the Raid via Guided Games,” he said. “Still testing though so it could change; but that’s the goal.”

Our target: you can search with a friend to play the Raid via Guided Games. Still testing though so it could change; but that’s the goal. https://t.co/F2l5E1Uqhe

Essentially, this means two friends looking to join a fireteam together could tag into an existing team of four, instead of having to play separately or find two to three more people to start their own clan. The idea of Guided Games is an excellent one, not only because throwing random strangers together for the more challenging missions can be a recipe for disaster, but also because many solo players have been unable to ever play a raid. Since the goal seems to be to bring more players to the Destiny fold, adding a way for pairs of friends to join in seems like a step in the right direction.

Destiny 2 launches September 8th, 2017 for PlayStaion 4 and Xbox One, as well as for PC at a later date.

About Evan Slead

Evan has been loving games since he could hold a controller. When not replaying Megaman X or Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the 100th time, he also has been writing about entertainment, from horror movie reviews for Bloody Good Horror to TV recaps and general news for Entertainment Weekly, and now all things gaming. Say hello on Twitter at @EvanSlead.